“..and put your heart into it, fight for it, you’ll see your dreams come true. I can see in your eyes you’re going to make it.”

A little proud she tells me his son is Ferry Doedens, you surely know him, goede tijden slechte tijden. No of course he won’t know, I wouldn’t know it myself if it weren’t for my son playing a part in it.

But it’s quite special nonetheless, I say.

No, no it’s not special, he has to do it himself you know?

Yeah, that might be true, I try, but it’s still a nice story right?

Ha, I’ll tell you a nice story, years back, something like twenty years ago. When Ferry was a four year old boy he liked to watch goede tijden together with his mother. Suddenly he stood up; “dady” he said “that show eh, I’m gonna play in it when I’m big”. Yeaah suuuure, I nodded and patted him on his little head. But behold! What serie is he playing in now? Just make sure you believe in your own dreams, stay true and fight for them you will make them come true. After a brief silence she tells me: “you’re going to make it!”

You can find the original story right over here, these stories are translated after several requests. Je kunt het originele verhaal ( in het Nederlands ) hier vinden, deze verhalen zijn vertaald na verschillende verzoeken.